Dale, I did a bunch of research when setting up my shop and located the most efficient cfm unit for the least money. I used 3" pvc plumbing pipe with blast gates which also saved a bundle and works like a dream. I did splurge for the flex hoses with the copper spiral in them because it's a good idea to ground the system, unless you enjoy getting knocked over with static shocks. I don't have the information here at home, but I'll send it to you off list when I get a chance. Farrell is wooing the rues in Australia. Michael C. Spreeman http://www.spreemanpianoinnovations.com From: Erwinspiano at aol.comDate: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:47:29 -0400Subject: Re: Dust collectorsTo: pianotech at ptg.org Hi Guys Hey all great suggestions. Thanks one & all. Where's Farrell? To avoid the cost of an expensive unit would it not be fairly effective to just put the thing outside & avoid the filter thing altogether? WIth adequate cfm would this make sense. I work with the doors open a lot & nice north south breeze thru the shop. Hey It's Calif. I'd love to buy a cyclone but it'll have to wait till later. For 350 bucks it appears Grizzly & I can solve my immediate problems. Comments kids? Dale Dale, We bought a Delta 4800 cfm dust collector with a 5 hp motor (around $1,600.00). It is designed to run 4 machines at once with 1200 cfm each. Now we can run the cnc machine, a buffer, sander and whatever else at the same time without a drop in vacuum. It is one of the best purchases we made. Good luck, Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Erwinspiano at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 9:24 AM Subject: Dust collectors Saw dust princes The little 3/4 horse jet is refusing to provide enough suction p[power to clear the sawdust from the new monster 20" Grizzly planer. You guys with larger machines out there....What are you using? I will eventually hook mine up to the Laguna 16 " & the 8 "& Jointer as well. I see that Grizzly has a 2 horse with large bags & 2.5 micron filter. Sounds like deal for $275.00 What say ye? Dale Erwin See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. _________________________________________________________________ More photos; more messages; more whatever – Get MORE with Windows Live™ Hotmail®. NOW with 5GB storage. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_5G_0907 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070916/ee2f7db7/attachment.html
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